Bitlocker decryption stuck at 99% - Windows 11

Question

Hello,

I have initiated Bitlocker decryption of my secondary disk on Windows 11, from the Powershell, however it's been 5 days and the percentage of encryption has never gone below 99% (please see the screenshot attached). In fact, it looks like everything is stuck. Considering I have already had nightmares before, thanks to Bitlocker, I wonder why Microsoft is pushing this obnoxious software down our throats, without even giving us users a choice. Bitlocker is a piece of junky software, it creates more troubles than anything else. Complaints aside, I wonder if there is a way to interrupt the decryption process at this point, as I would like to get back to using my computer normally, without damaging my data.

Could anyone help with this? Does anyone have a good solution for this problem?

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

You could try suspend / resume.

Answer 2

Thank you for your answer. This is all I get when I go there:

There is no option to suspend the process unfortunately. There never was. That is why I went on with Powershell.

B.

Answer 3

You can try from PowerShell
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/bitlocker/suspend-bitlocker?view=windowsserver2022-ps
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/bitlocker/resume-bitlocker?view=windowsserver2022-ps

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Answer 4

Thanks for the suggestion. So if I write this command in Powershell, it should interrupt the decryption process without causing damage to the data?

PS C:\> Suspend-BitLocker -MountPoint "C:" -RebootCount 0

Answer 5

Unfortunately that didn't work. Please see the screenshot below: